Loading apparatus.



No. l890,553.

P. BISSEN.'

LADING APPARATUS'. APPLIGATIVON FILED 0011s, 1907.

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' Wit PATENTD JUNE, 9, 1908,.

Nofgo'a; I PATENTBD JUNE 9, 1908.

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LOADING APPARATUS. APPLIGATION FILED 0011s, 1907.

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@entlassen ior'ribrrLiE IOWA- 0.5 allwhom it 'may concern.

Belitv kno'wn'that '1, PETER BIssEN, a citivzen'.of.theUnited States, .residing at Stacye ville, in the county of-B'itchell and'Stat-e of 1owa, liaye invented certain new and useful Improvements `1n` Loading Apparatus, of

y which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of my pending` application No. 358,887, -iiled Feb. 23, 1907.

The invention is a loading apparatus, and -has for its object to provide a portable appa- Fig. 3 is a top plan view..

.Referring specifically to the drawing, the derrick which supports the hoisting apparatus is mounted on spaced parallel sills 10 and 1]., respectively, provided with shoes or runners l2 so that the apparatus may be hauled about. To'both ends of the sills are secured clevises 13 for attachment of draft devices.

. rihe posts or uprights of the derrick indicated at 14, 15, 16 and 17, respectively, are secured in pairs to the sills by angle-irons 18, ,the

`posts 14 and 15 being Asecured to the sill 10 and the posts 16 and 17 to the sill 11. The members of each pair of posts are suitably spaced apart and connected by cross-braces 19, and at the top said members are joined by a cross-rod 20 which passes' through the posts and is secured by cotters 21. The posts of y one sill are also connected at ythe top to the opposite posts of the other sill in such a manner that the' derrick can beset closer to- .LOADING APPARATUS- i l of Letters lliatent.v y

i i'aptncauo siepi February es, 1907,- seriai No. 353,887. .Divided nanas application met october- 18,

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to the ro'ds 20'by passing the latter" through one end to collars 29 on the osts, and vat the other end to the clips 26. he braces 2S are chains or other iexible devicesso thatthe posts can be set closer together as heretofore described. A

-The double box 30 which receives the :na-

terial to be loaded is more particularly de-` scribed and claimed in my pending application. 1t is hoisted by'means of a drum. 43 on whichthe hoisting tackles 44 are wound. The box is divided into two compartments `and a tackle is provided for each end of the box. At the bottom of the box are do'ors 32 and 33 which are hinged to the sides of the box and meet at the middle, and open by swinging downwardly and outwardly. They .are heldclosedl by a latch 35, fully described .in my pending application.

To rovide novel devices for closing the doors use a mpeg4() which extends over a pulley 41 sup Jorted by a cross-bar 42 which vis secured at 1ts ends to the bars 22 and 24 heretofore described and which is bolted at the middle to the braces 25. The rope 40 is connected by a ring to a. air of links 44 which have loops v45 at tieir lower ends adapted to engage hooks 46 secured to the edges of the doors 32 and 33. The loops 45 can Vbe quickly enga ed or disengaged, and

'the box is full it is hoisted and the spreader is driven thereunder. The latches are then released, allowing the doors 32 and 33 'When not in use the apparatuscan be 'moved under cover the derrick construction Ato swing open, and the material is dumped..

herein described enabling it to be narrowed l 0 ""1 descends, the-links draw the doors tOgethe' until they are closed, at which instant they .are-fastened by the-catch or latch 35.

sufliiently to-.be passed through a gate or along narrow places, and inasmuch as the b. derriok is portable, it can be readily moved about `and used'for various purposes.

Afterthematerial in the box is dumped The rope 40 is then slaokened and the loops 45 drop tra away from the hooks `46, and the links can @then be-drawn up to. suspended position for extoperation.' This manner of closing the v rdoors saves labor, and 1s advantageous 1n handling dirty material, since the operators do not have to lift the doors by hand'.

I claim: 1

A derrick comprising spaced" ground sills', posts mounted in pairs on t-he sills, a pivot rod connecting the posts on each sill at-f'the top thereof, a pair of cross bars at eaohend at the to between the posts of one silliand those of t e other, the bars of each pair being spacedapart at the ends and connected to t e Vsaid rods on each side of each post.

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature, in .presence of two witnesses.

PETER BIss'EN'.

Witnesses KATIE WELTER, FRED ,BAsooMBs 

